Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-06-17
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.


man will set to work diligently to
abolish poverty in his own case 1t
will soon disappear from the face OF
society.
Its reported that Deacon George
White, OF Seymour, ind, has been
expelled from his church on account
of his extremely liberal views. lie
boldly declares that he believes
the world is million years old,
and that, as likely as not, it will
last for another million before the
Judgment day.
Protection is the most popular
plank in any political platform in
this country. It has been creosOted
and will last forever. Along side
of that plank lies 'Education," and
on these two is room enough for
this nation TO fight its CORY pollti-
cal battles, have pic mic, and eel
citrate the Fourth OF July.-R'ch-
mORd Truth.
Beaver Falls, Pa, has an electric
young woman who is so highly
charged with electricity that a
hairpn which she wore in her head
all day was magnetzed enough to
hold 60 needles by their points
When the young woman's hair is
stroked in the dark IL emits sparks,
and to touch her is to receive a
shock as from a magnetic battery.
The POcahontas Coal Company
is shipping $500 tons of coal
day, two thirds of which goes to
Lambert's Point, the remainder be-
ing distributed along the line of the
Norfolk and Western railrOad.-
The company mined 10000 tons
last month. The supply of coal
around Pocahontas is practically
Northumberland Times.
There is more or less talk of an
extra session of Congress, early this
Fall, but it is doubtful if President
Cleveland will run the risk of call.
ing his Democratic Congressman to-
gether too early as they are likely
not to make very creditable rec
ord on the tariff and other ques-
tons, and If he can succeed in get
ting them through on a short ses-
sion, 1t will be all the better for the
Democratic party.
Dan Rice, the veternan clown,
Snowman and eX-temperance lee
turer, was united in marriage We'd
nesday evening to Mrs. NJ. G. Rob
insOn. a buxOm widow and a
wealthy Texan rancho owner. Some
two years ago, when Dan was max
ing a lecturing tour of Texas, he
met and became infatuated with
Mrs. Robinson and his feelings
we're reciprocated by the wealthy
widow. Mrs. Robinson had been
a widow for several years and il
one of the most intellectual women
in Texas.
Grover Cleveland will go into
history with a record on two points
AS a pretended Civil Service re
former he has removed more com
Detcnt officials from Office and ap
pointed more incompetent persons
to Office for purely partisan reasons
than any other President of thu
United States. AS pretended be
lever of the rights of the people hi
has arbitrarily Over-ridden by yetC
power more laws passed by a clea
majority of the Representatives o
the American people than any pre-
vious President.
A citizen of CleveIend found
swallows nest in his barn and in il
two young swallows. Upon tax
ing one bird in his hand he saw
that one Of its legs was very thor
Oughly bandaged with hOrsehair
He carefully removed the hairs one
by one, and then saw that the nest
ling's leg was broken. He visited
the nest the next day, ana the leg
was baBdaged as before. The bird
surgeon was not again interfered
with, and in about two weeks il
was found that the hairs we're be
ing removed, only a few each day
and finally, when all we're taken
off, the union of the bone was evi
IDENTIFY perfect, as the bird was able
to fly of with his mate.
Every hOusekeeper and lover Of
coffee throughout the United
States will be glad to hear thattht
coffee gamblers, the men who have
run up the price of this indispen
sable table luxury almost as high
rs the COW was when she Jumped
pver the moon, are having hard
line OF it just now. and some oil
them have been so nearly broken
up by their loses through the sud.
den "dEop," that they are COMPEL
ed to stop gambling, for a time, at
least. The price OF coffee has tum-
bIed down to ia cents, with a
prospect of the bottom falling en-
iirely out, so that the price will
probably be lower than it has been
fer many years. Consumers will
now rejoice that coffee has "settled''
at last and without the use OF eggs